PMO will do ‘everything’ possible to re-start Goa mining
byPanaji, June 13 (IANS) The Prime Minister’s Office will do everything possible to ensure that mining, currently banned in Goa on a Supreme Court…
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Punjab minister’s security men die in freak accident
byChandigarh: Two Punjab police personnel attached to the security team assigned to Punjab Education Minister S.S. Maluka were killed in a freak accident today near…
Parrikar invokes Nehru to seek special status for Goa
byPanaji, June 13 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has invoked former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s fondness for the state to convince Prime Minister…
BJP asks JD-U not to run down Modi
byHyderabad, June 13 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu Thursday asked Janata Dal-United leaders not to make derogatory remarks against his party…
BJP wants amended food bill in parliament’s monsoon session
byNew Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The BJP Thursday said it favoured passing the food security bill in the monsoon session of parliament with “some…
Need to discuss food bill: NCP
byNew Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Thursday welcomed the UPA government’s decision to take up the controversial National Food Security…
DMK in discussion with all parties ahead of Rajya Sabha poll
byChennai, June 13 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Thursday said the party would talk to all parties seeking their support for its candidate in…
Food security bill: Parliament special session likely
byNew Delhi: The government today said it will make one more effort to get the food security bill passed in a special session of…
Musharraf arrested in Bugti murder case
byIslamabad, June 13 (IANS) Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf has been formally arrested by a Balochistan Police team in the Akbar Bugti murder case,…
Food security bill: Chidambaram hints at Parliament special session
byNew Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The government will try to secure passage of the legislation on food security in a special session of parliament…